Research Associate - Healthy Ageing - Volunteer

Would you like to help people live longer, healthier lives? This is an opportunity to join our research team and provide evidence-based health information. What difference will you make? This is an opportunity to help make a real difference to people’s health. Many factors influence how we age. Some, like genetics, are outside our control. However, there are many factors we can influence, that increase our chances of living a long and healthy life.

These are what you’ll be focusing on. This is also an opportunity to enhance your research skills and make a positive addition to your CV.

• Proven research skills, research experience and an enquiring mind
• A postgraduate qualification, ideally in a health-related subject
• At least three years relevant professional experience in the UK
• A belief that prevention is better than cure
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Able and willing to respond constructively to feedback

Experience of producing health information would be an added recommendation.

• Conducting literature searches and reviewing the evidence for one or more of the following aspects of healthy ageing:
  Ageing, Diet, Fitness, Preventing Illness, Longevity, and Mind-Body connection.
• Using your findings to either review and update our existing health information articles or draft new articles.
• Finding complementary material to encourage readers to act on the evidence you have found e.g. a web link to a not-for-profit organisation which provides practical help; visual material (copyright free info graphic); a relevant health quiz, survey, calculator, diary or free app.
• Taking part in Zoom meetings, from time to time, to discuss your findings with the rest of the research team.